Truant School (1949)
1920, in a small village in Provence. Monsieur Pascal, a young schoolteacher, is faced with a lack of interest from his pupils. He decides to radically change the methods employed by his predecessor. He listens to the children, draws inspiration from their discoveries and takes them out into nature. The pupils will rediscover the pleasure of learning, and he will rediscover the pleasure of teaching. But some parents and notables don't take kindly to this little revolution.
- Released
- 1949-04-08
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean-Paul Le Chanois
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 14 votes
Cast
- Bernard Blier as Buffle Pascal, teacher
- Juliette Faber as Lise Arnaud, teacher
- Édouard Delmont as Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father
- Edmond Ardisson as Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser
- Henri Arius as Hector Malicorne, le Maire de Salèzes
- Gaston Modot as French examiner
- Jean-Louis Allibert as Mr. St. Saviole, the 'innovator'
- Bréols as Aristide
- Géo Beuf as Honoré
- Georges Cahuzac as Mr. Cornille
- Louis Lions as Félix
- Marcel Maupi as Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist